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Unpopular opinion: I wasted $80 on a bone folder from a fancy woodworker
Everyone raves about those handmade bone folders from Etsy woodworkers, so I grabbed one from a shop in Portland for my binding work. Thing was gorgeous and expensive at 80 bucks, but after 3 uses the edge started chipping and it dragged like crazy on my paper. My old $12 nylon one from Hollander's actually glides smoother and has lasted years without issue. Anyone else had a similar letdown with fancy tools that just didn't perform?
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the_taylor1d ago
That Portland guy's known more for looks than function. Did you check the bone quality before buying or just assume it was good cause it was pricey?
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susanm221d ago
Spent fifty bucks on a fancy bamboo stitching pony once. Looked great on my desk, then promptly split in half the third time I used it. My cheap plastic one from a garage sale is still going strong ten years later.
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